Mississippi

Storm History: Copiah County, Mississippi

466 episodes, 715 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Copiah County, Mississippi: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
715
Deaths
16
Injuries
178
Damage
$150 million
Episodes
466

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

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Every year

From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Tornado29913150$21 million
Hail15701$4.4 million
Flash Flood11204$2.7 million
Thunderstorm Wind9003$705,000
Drought1700$4.3 million
Heavy Snow900$600,000
Ice Storm700$825,000
Heat620
Tropical Storm400$98,000
High Wind300$111,000
Hurricane (Typhoon)2020$115 million
Strong Wind200$19,000
Cold/Wind Chill100$200,000
Excessive Heat100
Dense Fog110
Flood100$5,000
Sleet100$50,000
Winter Storm100
Winter Weather100$10,000

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Copiah County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Copiah CountyEvery warning in Copiah County since 1986Every county in Mississippi

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.